1600 inch jelly roll race quilt
11-28-2011, 08:41 PM
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Our guild has an annual Quilter's Day Camp, three days of half-day (and a few full day) classes/workshops, and this was one of them. It was great fun, and wanted to share the following.
1 - I just knew I'd get things all balled up in the process of stitching that first humongous seam, so I sewed 20 strips together for one piece and the remaining 20 strips together for the other. This made sure that the center never got twisted or notted up as I was sewing it.
2 - I found out that many quilters who have done the 1600 have cut each strip into two pieces (some 12", others much longer), then sewed the first piece of each of the 40 strips together, then sewed the second piece of the 40 strips together. This broke up the strips into much more random piecings, and gave it a very nice scrappy look.
3 - Our instructor did this with Honey Buns (40 strips of 1 1/2" wide fabrics), which created a very nice crib quilt.
4 - I didn't like the solid (or "reads as solid") fabrics found in almost every jelly roll. I also didn't like the stark lights or stark darks also found in them. I used one of the Autumn-themed jelly rolls from Keepsake Quilting and supplemented their 35-strip roll with 6 more strips I had on hand. It blends nicely, but you can still see each fabric distinctly. I REALLY like this quilt. I bound it with shorter-length autumn-theme strips not already in the quilt body and really love the final results - I will definitely do this again!
1 - I just knew I'd get things all balled up in the process of stitching that first humongous seam, so I sewed 20 strips together for one piece and the remaining 20 strips together for the other. This made sure that the center never got twisted or notted up as I was sewing it.
2 - I found out that many quilters who have done the 1600 have cut each strip into two pieces (some 12", others much longer), then sewed the first piece of each of the 40 strips together, then sewed the second piece of the 40 strips together. This broke up the strips into much more random piecings, and gave it a very nice scrappy look.
3 - Our instructor did this with Honey Buns (40 strips of 1 1/2" wide fabrics), which created a very nice crib quilt.
4 - I didn't like the solid (or "reads as solid") fabrics found in almost every jelly roll. I also didn't like the stark lights or stark darks also found in them. I used one of the Autumn-themed jelly rolls from Keepsake Quilting and supplemented their 35-strip roll with 6 more strips I had on hand. It blends nicely, but you can still see each fabric distinctly. I REALLY like this quilt. I bound it with shorter-length autumn-theme strips not already in the quilt body and really love the final results - I will definitely do this again!
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